NURSEMAID
NOUNS – PERSON
► BABY-HERDER a nursemaid → c1888 Amer. sl.
► BAIRN’S-MAID a nursery maid, a nurse → 1845 Sc. (Bk.)
► BAIRN’S-WOMAN ► BAIRN-WOMAN a nursemaid, a nurse → 1823 Sc.
► DA a child’s Black nurse → 1949 Amer. dial.
► MOTHER’S HELP a domestic servant; spec, a person, usually a woman, employed to help look after children, but in a position reckoned superior to that of a nurse-maid → 1881
► ROCKSTER a woman who rocks a cradle; a child’s nurse → 1377 obs.
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